Fusiturricula bajanensis
| Fusiturricula bajanensis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Clade: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Drilliidae |
| Genus: | Fusiturricula |
| Species: | F. bajanensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Fusiturricula bajanensis Nowell-Usticke, 1969 [1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Fusiturricula (Knefastia) bajanensis Nowell-Usticke, 1969 | |
Fusiturricula bajanensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[2][3]
It is also considered a synonym of Fusiturricula jaquensis (G.B. II Sowerby, 1850),[4] but according to Fossilworks it is a synonym of † Fusiturricula springvaleensis Mansfield 1925 [5]
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 35 mm and 85 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Caribbean Sea off St. Croix and Barbados.
References
- ↑ Nowell-Usticke, G.W. (1969) A Supplementary Listing of New Shells (Illustrated). To be Added to the Check List of the Marine Shells of St. Croix. Lane Press, Burlington, Vermont, 32 pp., 6 pls.
- 1 2 Fusiturricula bajanensis Nowell-Usticke, 1969. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 March 2010.
- ↑ P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev; N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.
- ↑ Worldwide Mollusc Species Database: Fusiturricula bajalensis
- ↑ Fossilworks: Fusiturricula springvaleensis
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295
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